Following more than two years of controversy, the Mütter Museum adopted a new policy regarding the human remains in its ...

Part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Mütter Museum says it investigated the ethics of displaying donated ...

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia holds a collection of more than 40,000 medically significant objects and specimens. The ...

The new policy comes after two years of controversy involving public backlash, staff departures and high-level leadership changes.

Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum is changing the way it handles human remains. There are now clear guidelines for exhibitions, ...

A contentious ethical review ushered in new leaders who say morbid curiosity warrants deeper context and public trust — not ...

Staff at the Mütter Museum said they were stunned to make the find during an audit of its 6,600 human remains in November, buried deep in a box in its library. They revealed it late last week.

The Mütter Museum's exhibit on the 1918-19 Philadelphia influenza pandemic opened last fall, but had to close due to COVID-19. (Photo from the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of ...

The new hire plans to increase the college and museum's visibility both nationally and internationally and look for additional funding opportunities. The historic Mütter Museum is introducing ...

PHILADELPHIA -- On a Friday last November, staff at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia were in the midst of conducting an audit of the medical history museum’s collection of some ...

The Mütter Museum's Midsummer Beer Garden is taking place in the museum's historic Benjamin Rush Medicinal Garden on Friday, July 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the outdoor 21-and-older ...

The timing of the course (minus a pivot to virtual classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic) coincided with the Mütter Museum’s future project showing the history of Philadelphia’s Black doctors and Black ...